They've had some good shifts, cycled a bit. Recchi just runs the puck over so much.

Anyone else notice...every time we score a goal the Thorburn, Roy, Staal line gets put out there to take the faceoff at center ice? Thats pretty cool, keep the pressure and energy up. How many times did we score a goal last year only to be scored on within seconds?

Guys think about it, this team is on the cusp of becoming something special, the new owner knows that. If our politico's don't keep this tem here by getting an arena deal done, they are making a major mistake. We're not talking 5 years of major sports free advertising etc. likely 10 for sure.

I think Malone's problem when he plays center is he has to think too much. As a wing he just needs to get open to score and cover his boards on the back check. Center is a more difficult position. He's an OK center on a bad team but a bad center on an OK team. I wouldn't mind seeing Staal get some time between Malone and Recchi if Malkin is going to be out longer than another 2 weeks.

They've had some good shifts, cycled a bit. Recchi just runs the puck over so much.

Anyone else notice...every time we score a goal the Thorburn, Roy, Staal line gets put out there to take the faceoff at center ice? Thats pretty cool, keep the pressure and energy up. How many times did we score a goal last year only to be scored on within seconds?

I may be wrong, but that's what I thought I saw out there. The first line/first pp unit was already out when the penalty was called I thought. I saw Leclair when that went down and assumed the second unit was out. Which would be Letang, not Gonchar. Someone will tivo it and make a fool out of me I'm sure.

DelPen wrote:I think Malone's problem when he plays center is he has to think too much. As a wing he just needs to get open to score and cover his boards on the back check. Center is a more difficult position. He's an OK center on a bad team but a bad center on an OK team. I wouldn't mind seeing Staal get some time between Malone and Recchi if Malkin is going to be out longer than another 2 weeks.